Keynote Speakers
Kim Dedeker, Vice President, Consumer & Market Knowledge, Procter & Gamble
Ravi Dhar, Professor of Marketing, Yale School of Management, Director of the Yale Center for Customer Insights at the Yale School of Management
Peter Guber, CEO, Mandalay Entertainment
Steven Levitt, Author, Freakonomics
David Poltrack, Executive Vice President and Chief Research Officer, CBS Corporation and President, CBS Vision
Dr. G.C. Rapaille, Chairman & CEO, Archetype Discoveries Worldwide
James Surowiecki, Author, The Wisdom of Crowds
Rick Webb, Customer Experience, Wal-Mart
Dan Yankelovich, Chairman of Viewpoint Learning, Public Agenda and DYG

Academics
Dr. Gerard J. Tellis, Professor & Director of Center on Global Innovation, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California
Joshua Freedman, MD, Assistant Clinical Professor, UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior and Co-founder, FKF Applied Research, LLC

Consumer Goods
Ann-Marie Allison, Ph.D., Creativity & Consumer Insights Manager, Kellogg Company
Vivian Callaway, VP Center for Learning & Experimentation, General Mills
Michael Carlon, Brand Building Insights Manager, Unilever
Sharad Doshi, Senior Manager, Consumer and Market Intelligence, Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company
Troy Geesaman, Director, Discovery Innovation Group, Cadbury Schweppes Americas Beverages
Bruce Haggerty, Director, Consumer Research, Nestle USA
Linda Klabacha, Director, Consumer Understanding and Planning, Carbonated Beverages, Cadbury Schweppes Americas Beverages
Rob Master, Director of Marketing, Unilever USA
Ravi Parmeswar, Vice President, Marketing Insights, The Coca Cola Company
Brett Polenchar, Integrated Marketing Insights & Planning, Ross Products, Abbott Laboratories
Virginia Radosh, Manager, Marketing Research – Infant Formula, Ross Products Division, Abbott Laboratories
Becky Walter, Director, Innovation Design & Testing, Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Jessica White Hall, Global Director, The Procter & Gamble Company, Consumer Market Knowledge

Toys
Ann Marie Kroisi, Director, Consumer Insights, Hasbro, Inc.
Craig Spitzer, Ph.D., Vice President, Marketing Research, LeapFrog

Wine & Spirits
Jim Moseley, Senior Vice President, Consumer Planning & Research, Diageo North America
Daniel Schapker, Group Manager, Marketing Insights, Brown Forman Spirits

Financial Services
Cheryl Beauvais, Market Research Manager, Customer Experience Research & Design, Internet Services Group, Wells Fargo
Robin Beers, PhD, Vice President, User Research Manager, Customer Experience Research & Design, Internet Services Group, Wells Fargo
Joel Brodsky, PhD, Vice President, Data Mining and Statistical Analysis, Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.
Jeffrey Easton, User Experience Advocate, JP Morgan Chase
Brad Furman, Global Solutions Leader, MasterCard Advisors Merchant Solutions
C. Frederic John, Business Leader, Marketing Intelligence & Planning, MasterCard International Michael Marx, Visa USA
Kate Turner, Regional Director Market Research & Strategic Analysis, Kaiser Permanente Mid Atlantic

Apparel
Lee Kromminga, Senior Global Market Research Manager, adidas International

Automotive
Todd Blickenstaff, Strategic Planning Administrator, Toyota Motor Sales
Stefan Liske, Dipl-Ing/.MBA, Executive Director of Product Development, Volkswagen of America Inc.
Rick Wainschel, Vice President, Marketing Research & Brand Communications, Kelley Blue Book

B2B
Bob Brothers, Market Insight and Strategy Manager, Eastman Chemical
Mary Callahan, Market Insight and Strategy Manager, Eastman Chemical
Tia Hensler, Director, Market Research, Platts
Michael Hopfinger, Manager, Partner Rewards Program, Cisco Systems
Robert C. Sapinkopf, Ph.D., Senior Director, Customer & Market Knowledge, U.S. Foodservice
Val Srinivas, Vice President, Market Intelligence, Standard & Poor's
Hernando Gonzalez, Ph.D., Senior Manager, Market & Customer Research, Sun Microsystems

Foodservice
Jim Adams, Marketing Director & Bon Vivant, Chipotle Mexican Grill

Pharmaceutical
Lezlee Danner, Market Research Principal, Roche Diagnostics
Charlotte E. Sibley, Vice President, Global Business Research and Analysis, Shire Pharmaceuticals
Donna Sturgess, Vice President, Innovation & Strategic Planning, GlaxoSmithKline, Consumer Healthcare

Media/Entertainment
Ron Belanger, Senior Director of Global Advertising Strategies, Yahoo! Search Marketing
Dr. Lewis J. Bernstein, Executive Vice President of Education, Research, and Outreach, Sesame Workshop and former Executive Producer, Sesame Street
Brian Compare, Vice President, Programming & Research, Court TV
Linda Ury Greenberg, Vice President, Consumer Research, Sony BMG Music Entertainment
David Gleason, Vice-President, Brand and Consumer Research, Spike TV
Marlene Greenfield, Executive Director of Market Research, Hearst Magazines
Lisa Huck, Marketing Research Director, PC World Communications, Inc.
Stacey Ishenhour, Vice President Research, Cartoon Network/Adult Swim
Jessica Lilie, Director of Research, BabyCenter
Lilly Balaban, Global Planning & Strategy Integration Director, Global Marketing of Walt Disney Parks & Resorts
Isobel F. Osius, Ph.D., Director of Consumer Insights, Meredith Corporation
Michael Pardee, Senior Vice President, Research, Scripps Networks, Inc.
Alicia Z. Rankin, Senior Director of Primary Research, ESPN
Horst Stipp, Ph.D., Senior Vice President, Primary & Strategic Research, NBC Universal
Radha Subramanyam, Vice President, Research & Planning,
MTV Networks/Nickelodeon Digital Television Networks

Technology
Jeremy Ashley, Vice President, Applications User Experience, Oracle
Olga Hewitt, Manager Customer Market Insight, Consumer Tax Group, Intuit
Tracey Lovejoy, Ethnographer, Microsoft Corporation
Michele Molnar, User Centered Design, Consumer Tax Group, Intuit
James F. Newswanger, Ph.D., Corporate Intranet Research Manager, IBM
Nicolas Facon, Central Market Research System and Tools, Microsoft Corporation
Clive Roux, Senior Director, New Business USA, Philips Design
Sally Sadosky, Director, Market Research, Adobe
Ashish Singru, Microsoft Corporation

Retail
Ed Dobbles, Director-Consumer Research, Best Buy
Jessyca Frederick, User Experience Design, Shopzilla
Marianne Kroutchkevitch, User Experience Research, Shopzilla
Bob Michaelian, Vice President, Consumer Site Team, Shopzilla
Joel Mier, Director, Consumer Insights, Netflix
Jacqueline Remus, Director of User Experience, Shopzilla
Dr. Donna M. Romeo, Manager of Consumer Trends, Strategic Planning and Research, The JCPenney Co.
Meg Sloan, Director of Consumer Research, eBay

Travel and Hospitality
Zubin Dowlaty, Vice President Decision Sciences, InterContinental Hotels Group
Dawn Hepper, Director, Online User Experience, Carlson Hotels Worldwide

Telecommunications
Kurt Anderson, Associate Director of Marketing Research, AT&T Marketing Research
Crysta J. Metcalf, Ph.D., Motorola Labs, Motorola, Inc.
Steve Sherman, Director, Market Research, Virgin Mobile

Other Industries
Richard Burkholder, International Bureau Chief, The Gallup Poll
Patrick Crane, Director, Strategic Resources, Corporate Business Research, Eastman Kodak Company
Alexandre Douzet, Co-founder and Vice President, Marketing, TheLadders.com
Dana Farber, Senior Client Executive, ACNielsen International Research
Joan FitzGerald, Vice President Sales and New Product Development, Arbitron Inc.
Joel Hoff, Customer Experience Manager, Mack Trucks
Manuel D. Gutierrez, Director-Market Research, K&B Group, Kohler Co.
Jerry Verghese, Manager, Brand & Corporate Reputation Research, The Boeing Company
Daniel Salinas, Manager, Client Service, ACNielsen International Research
Michael K. Song, Founder and CEO, Visure.
Shuchi Sethi, Director, Client Service, ACNielsen International Research

Service Providers
Jeffrey C. Adler, President, Centrac DC Marketing Research
Sharon Albert, PhD., Senior VP, Marketing and Product Development Lightspeed Research
Mike Bellmont, Vice President, Ipsos Insight
Dr. Randall Brandt, Ph.D., Maritz Research
Melissa Clendenen, Senior Director, Account Management, GfK Custom Research Inc.
John V. Colias, Ph.D, Decision Analyst
Marla Commons, Ph.D., Vice President, Qualitative, Research International
Keith Chrzan, Vice President, Marketing Sciences, Martiz Research
Andrew Cooper, Managing Director & Co-Founder, Research Now Plc
Brant Cruz, Vice President, Chadwick Martin Bailey, Inc.
Donna Daniels, PhD., Senior Director, Consumer Strategist, African-American, Iconoculture
Theo Downes-Le Guin, Principal, Doxus
Shannon M. Ely, Director, Centrac DC Marketing Research
Joan Fredericks, Senior Vice President, Senior Methodology, Customer Loyalty Practice, Harris Interactive
Renee Frengut, Ph.D., President, eQualitiativeResearch.com
Joel Friedman, CEO, Surveywriter
Alex Gofman, Vice President, Technology, Moskowitz Jacobs, Inc.
Anne O. Hedde, CEO, Lightspeed Research
Diane Hessan, President & CEO, Communispace
Jonathan Hilland, CEO/President, Mindwave Research
Beth Horn, Ph.D., Decision Analyst
Elaine Howard, Vice President, Account Services, Aeffect, Inc.
Allen Hogg, Senior Research Manager, Maritz Inc.
Christopher M. Kelley, Director, Consumer Technographics, Forrester Research, Inc.
Kurt Knapton, Executive Vice President, e-Rewards Research
Kevin Kruper, Group Director, Technology, Insight Express
Jed H. Lam, Vice President, Account Services, Aeffect, Inc.
Kevin Lonnie, President, KL Communications
Morgan Lozier, Manager, Usability Research, TNS
Dr. David Lundahl, President and CEO, InsightsNow
Brian McMahon, SVP, Lieberman Research Worldwide
Miguel Martinez-Baco, Vice President of Hispanic Services, MRSI (Marketing Research Services, Inc.)
Robert Miner, President, Sachs Insights
Howard Moskowtiz, President, Moskowitz Jacobs, Inc.
Barbara Perry, PhD, Cultural Anthropologist, Founder, Barbara Perry Associates
Valeria Piaggio, Senior Director, Consumer Strategist, Latino, Iconoculture
Keith Price, Senior Vice President, Sales, Greenfield Online
Dr. Angus Reid, CEO, Vision Critical
Benjamin Rietti, CEO, E-Tabs
Susan Robertson, Innovation Process Consultant, Ideas To Go, Inc.
Mark Rudzinski, Managing Director, Aeffect, Inc.
Tammy Sachs, CEO, Sachs Insights
Rich Schreuer, Senior Vice President, Chadwick Martin Bailey, Inc.
Shane Skillen, President Hotspex Inc.
Gregory Stucky, Vice President, Consumer Research Services, InsightsNow
Greg Van Scoy, Vice President, Client Services, Burke, Inc.
Ken Wollenberg, Executive Vice President/GM, Simmons Market Research, an Experian Company
Donna Wydra, Senior Vice President, Socratic Technologies
Chris Yalonis, President, Communique Partners
Jeff Yang, Senior Director, Consumer Strategist, Asian and Asian-American Markets, Iconoculture
LiAnne Yu, Director, Asian Business Strategy, Cheskin
Chet Zaleksy, President, CMI